View from the "Baou" of Saint-Jeannet
Saint-Jeannet is a village in the Alpes Maritimes, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, about twenty kilometers from Nice, close to Gattières, La Gaude and Vence. The village is situated at the foot of a rock named "Le Baou Saint-Jeannet", 800 m high. It attracts many hikers and climbers, and dominates the valley of Cagne where the ruins of an ancient fortified sheepfold, the Castellet. At the top of "Le Baou", a viewpoint informs walkers, who can see below the village and a magnificent panorama that stretches from the Mercantour Alps from the hills of Nice to Antibes up, the Lérins Islands and the Esterel Mountains.